Petrophysical type curves for identifying the electrical character of petroleum reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 711-729

  Worthington, Paul F ^a,b  

^a Cline and Associates

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCARBONS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; WATER ANALYSIS; WELL LOGGING;

HYDROCARBON ZONES; WELL-LOG ANALYSIS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCARBONS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; WATER ANALYSIS; WELL LOGGING;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OPTIMIZATION; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POROSITY; RESERVOIR ROCK; SATURATION; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 38849186614     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/96718-pa     Document Type: Article

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